Former US President Donald Trump suffered another setback in court. A New York judge on Wednesday denied a request from Trump’s lawyers to reopen the civil sexual assault case. Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that the jury in this trial did not reach a “seriously wrong conclusion,” contrary to Trump’s defense claims.
In May, a New York jury ruled that it had been proven that Trump had sexually assaulted American author E. Jean Carroll in a luxury department store in New York in 1996.
However, the jury rejected the rape charge. Trump was ordered to pay $5 million in damages.
Shortly after the conviction, Carroll announced that he would again take legal action against the ex-president. As a reason, she cited further statements from Trump after the ruling. A federal judge in New York has tentatively set the trial to begin on January 15, 2024.
Trump is now also suing Carroll for defamation. Trump, who wants to run as a Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election, also faces courts in several other cases.
Source: Krone
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